Chapter 1: Cassie.
Cassie's POV
I finally was here in this s*** hole of a school. Coates Academy. Yeah it was expensive and huge, one of the best schools in the state but everyone knew it was a school for children with... problems. I may have done some bad things that a girl or anyone else in fact shouldn't do but that are the consequences of being a bad girl like me.
"That will be $15.29" said the taxi driver... Oh God! More annoyance
"Oh" I said in my sweetest and most vulnerable voice "I thought it was only going to be $10"
"I think that will be alright, from a very" He looked me up and down. God, I hated it when, men did that "... very pretty girl" Such a Perv.
"Thanks" I handed him the money "Could you help me with my bags"
"Oh yes, I would love to"
He took my two big suitcases while I carried my huge hand bag and my miniature suitcase. We entered the reception area, which was huge and with the most beautiful chandelier I have ever seen.
"I will just leave the luggage here" I smiled a fake smile, he handed me a card "Here is my number if you need a taxi again"
He turned to leave, once he reached the door he winked at me then left. Uh! I was probably wrong, maybe he wasn't a perv maybe he was a paedophile instead. I dropped the bags I was holding by my suitcases and walked over to the lady at the desk.
"Hello, how may I help you?" she asked, she sounded so fake
"I am Cassie X Thorn, I have to see the boarding counsellor... person" I didn't hid my annoyance.
"Oh, she is right through there" She pointed to the door to my left.
I began to walk in the direction. The door was shut but I didn't try knocking, I just entered. The room was a bright yellow, probably signifying happiness, so fake. There was a desk, a glass cabinet, a few pictures, a sofa and three chairs around the desk. There was a black woman seated in the chair just looking at me. I decided to sit down.
"Cassie X Thorn" She said, I nodded
"Fourteen years old" She said, I nodded
"Your ethnicity quite extraordinary, that you can't really be called just mixed raced. You are half White, quarter Black and quarter other race." She stated. I growled.
"Listen here brown eyes, we can sit here and discuss everything on my admission form or we could just get down to business, because I don't take crap because I'm the only one who services it.", there was going to be no more nodding where I was concerned.
She looked taken back for a millisecond but continued "Sorry that may have sounded rude, I am Mrs. Beck, wife to Mr. Beck the head master of Coats Academy" She sounded almost threatening , but this was my game not hers.
"That sounds like a threat brown eyes. Married to a white man I see, your children's ethnicity must be quite extraordinary, that they can't really be called just mixed raced. They're half White, half Black and 100% messed up b****s take it from their mother I see" mimicking her pathetic attempt to a threatening tone.
This time she was speechless, but I wasn't finished yet
"Not so nice being on the other side of that comment is it. So instead of wasting any of my time, since I have a life can we please discuss rooms?" It was now obvious I was in control of this conversation. She regained herself and said...
"Yes, um... here is the room plan; it also shows the vacant beds, room sizes, who is in the room, nearest bathrooms and fire exits etc."
I looked at the list; I saw a room which was up to my standards I was setting for this school. It was the furthest away from the teacher's staff room and bedrooms and also the fire exit, yet was nearest to the biggest bathroom and the stairs and there was one vacant space in a two bedroom room. The only problem is there was a huge red X over the person's name. But it was going to be my room anyways.
"I want to be in this room" I pointed to the red X room.
"Um... Well, its home to Diana Ladris. She is not particularly friendly and has a tendency to bully and manipulate people."
"God, your honest; my kind of girl, I want to be in the red X room" I stood up
"Ok, Cassie, if you change your mind you know where to come"
But I had already left. I made my way out of the office back into the reception and stood by my bags. I turned to hear whispering. I found two boys, probably in the 7th or 8th grade, looking me up and down. When I turned to face them, they looked away, blushing like beetroots.
"Um... Guys" They faced me eagerly "Could you possibly help me with my bags?"
They looked at each other then nodded eagerly. They took my big suitcases while I carried my other bags. I could tell they were struggling but tried not to show it. They dropped my bags in front of the red X room where I thanked them and said...
"My name is Cassie by the way"
They left but all the boys' could remember after that was one thing.
Cassie.